It was dark, but Su Rui's "Mori Golden Eyes" could see at night, so he quickly hit two pheasants returning to their nests and a large mountain rat that came out to forage at night with stones.
This time, Su Rui specially found some unknown sour wild fruits as ingredients. After roasting them, he gave the little ant a chicken leg as usual, and he ate all the remaining chicken. The roasted chicken with wild fruit juice had a unique flavor, and Su Rui still had a lingering aftertaste after eating it.
When the little ant had reduced the chicken leg to nothing but bones, Su Rui put it away, picked up the roasted mountain rat and walked into the carriage.
"Master, please have your meal!"
Su Rui used leaves to pad the mountain rat, placed it in front of Taoist Qiao San and shouted.
Taoist Qiao San tore off the mountain rat's plump hind leg without hesitation, took a bite, and surprisingly praised it: "It tastes good!"
If Su Rui was a cook, he would probably be happy with his compliment, but at this moment he could only give a sincere fake smile.
After Taoist Qiao San finished his meal leisurely, he asked Su Rui, "Master asked you to refine the first level of the Xuanming True Classic within three days. Have you done it now?"
"Master, I have already refined it completely according to your requirements, look!"
Su Rui controlled the Xuanyin Qi in his body and condensed it in his palm, turning it into a ball of gray mist emitting a cold aura.
"Very good, you must complete the second level within ten days. If you fail, you should know the consequences!" Taoist Qiao San said coldly.
"All the food these days has been fed to the dogs!" Su Rui couldn't help but complain in his heart when he heard this, and could only respond vaguely: "Yes, sir!"
Everyone's cultivation aptitude is different. Even a genius with top-tier aptitude can't advance a level in a single day unless they have accumulated a significant amount of experience. Taoist Qiao San's request that Su Rui reach the first level within three days was completely in line with the standards of a genius. Now, demanding that he reach the second level within ten days is even more demanding.
The first level of Qi Refining is just the beginning and is not difficult, but the difficulty of each level from the first to the ninth level is calculated as ten times the cumulative difficulty. If the difficulty of practicing to the first level is one, then the difficulty of practicing to the second level is ten, and the difficulty of the third level is one hundred... As the difficulty progresses, it will naturally take more and more time, and the treasures required will naturally increase accordingly, so Su Rui complained.
Treasures are finite, hence the 80/20 rule of cultivation. Simply put, it states that 80% of resources are concentrated in the hands of the top 20% of cultivators, who live a life of luxury, like those of gods. The remaining 20% requires the bottom 80% to fight tooth and nail for it. If they don't fight, they'll remain stagnant.
"This is the method for refining black silk! In addition to practicing, you must submit five black silk threads to your master after ten days!"
After Taoist Qiao San sent a wisp of black air into Su Rui's mind, he gave instructions to the dazed Su Rui.
“Eh…”
Su Rui hurriedly lowered his head and rolled his eyes unconsciously, which almost caught Qiao Sandao.
At this moment, the method for refining black silk had already surfaced in his mind. This thing was actually refined from the soul of a living being, and it had to be the soul of a recently deceased person. And it wasn't just any living being that could be used; it had to be a living being that had already developed intelligence. Humans were definitely possible! Small animals like pheasants, rabbits, and fish had smaller souls and could not be refined into a black silk thread, unless they were spirits.
In order to allow Su Rui to collect the black silk, Taoist Qiao San also equipped him with a soul-stealing technique. Although he was only at the first level of Qi Refining, he could still use this soul-stealing technique.
"Master, what is the use of this black silk?" Su Rui asked tentatively.
"It's okay to tell you. This is the material for refining the Xuanyin Banner. Your master plans to refine ninety-nine and eighty-one Xuanyin Banners, and more than a hundred thousand black silk threads will be needed. So you must improve your realm as soon as possible and refine more black silk threads for your master! Seeing that you are a beginner this time, I asked you to provide five, which is already a special favor! If you can't provide them, don't blame your master for taking your soul and extracting your spirit to refine it into black silk!!" Taoist Qiao San was still a little eager at the beginning, but revealed a fierce expression at the end.
Su Rui almost screamed when he heard this. Was this devil planning to kill 100,000 lives to refine this Laozi Xuanyin Banner? Even more tragic was that he had no choice but to become an accomplice!
"Once I remove the restriction, I will definitely kill this devil and rid the world of this evil!" Su Rui thought secretly, gritting his teeth.
Seeing Su Rui lowering his head, Qiao San thought he was frightened. He just snorted coldly and ordered, "Master will be out for a while. You wait here!"
Su Rui's mind inevitably became active when he heard this.
"Don't even think about escaping. Otherwise, Master only needs to think about it, and within a hundred miles, you will be completely destroyed!"
He seemed to be able to see through Su Rui's thoughts and added another sentence, which made Su Rui so depressed that he almost vomited blood.
Su Rui respectfully accompanied him out of the door, and saw him jump off the shaft of the cart and turn into a black escape light. He pressed the escape light on another cliff two or three miles away. It didn't seem far away, so he had a bad idea and called the little ant out.
"Little one, go over and listen to who he's talking to! Tell me what he's saying!"
Having said that, he let the little ant out.
Ever since this little fellow was infused with the Yuling Qi and Gengjin Qi by him, he has developed some special abilities. For example, his entire body can be metalized and become like a golden bean. Another example is that he can transform into a small light of ...
Watching it crouch in the grass and scurry towards Taoist Qiao San, disappearing in an instant, Su Rui sat cross-legged on the shaft of the cart and began to cultivate Xuan Yin Qi. He had originally thought of delaying it as long as possible, but Taoist Qiao San forced him to do it, so Su Rui had no choice but to practice desperately!
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